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THE BASIC PHILOSOPHY BEHIND AGADTANTRA
Vijaymohan Gupta, Arvind Kumar Gupta*, Shailendra Singh, Navneet Bhardwaj and Amit Kapila
ABSTRACT Ayurveda, the life science, presents its concepts in such a classic and usable manner that a person cannot overlook. There are many concepts available in our classics like samanya-vishesha, Lok-purusha samya siddhant that clarify nature is utmost important. One of these concepts is Agad. In Ayurvedic classics, Agad which is the anti-toxic in nature which neutralizes the toxicity of different materials, described by all the acharyas. Acharya Sushruta even devote one part his compendium to this Agad. Its importance is also reflected by its position in eight branches of Ayurveda i.e. placement of Agadtantra before Rasayana and Vajikarana which are health promoting branches of Ashtanga Ayurveda. It is essential to remove toxic materials from the body until a standard health can’t be achieved. So, it is clear that Agad concept is necessary to get a proper guideline for wellbeing and treatment of diseases. Keywords: Agad, Agad concept, Ashtanga Ayurveda, Toxicity. [Download Article] [Download Certifiate] |